Hersha Hospitality Trust

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Hersha Hospitality Trust
Type Public company
NYSE:  HT (Class A)
Industry Real estate investment trust
Founded1984;39 years ago (1984)
FounderHasu P. Shah
Headquarters Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Key people
Hasu P. Shah, Chairman
Jay H. Shah, CEO
Neil H. Shah, COO
Ashish R. Parikh, CFO
Products Hotels
RevenueIncrease2.svg $529 million (2019)
Decrease2.svg -$27 million (2019)
Total assets Decrease2.svg $2.122 billion (2019)
Total equity Decrease2.svg $807 million (2019)
Number of employees
49 (2019)
Website www.hersha.com
Footnotes /references
[1]

Hersha Hospitality Trust is a real estate investment trust that invests in hotels. The company is named after the wife of the founder. [2] It is organized in Maryland, with its principal office in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. As of December 31, 2019, the company wholly owned 38 hotels comprising 6,104 rooms and partially owned 9 hotels comprising 1,425 rooms, all of which were on either the West Coast of the United States or the East Coast of the United States. [1]

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History

In January 1979, Indian-American immigrant Hasu P. Shah and his wife, Hersha, bought an 11-room motel near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. [2]

In 1984, Hasu Shah formed the company and purchased a hotel in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. [2]

In 1998, the company was organized into a Maryland real estate investment trust and in January 1999, it became a public company via an initial public offering. [1]

In May 2006, the company acquired 4 Boston-area hotels for $44 million. [3]

In June 2015, the company acquired the St. Gregory Hotel in Washington, D.C. for $57 million. [4]

In February 2016, the company sold 7 of its Manhattan hotels to a joint venture with Chinese company Cindat Capital Management. [5] [6] The company also acquired The Ritz-Carlton, Georgetown for $49.9 million. [6] [7]

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References

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